a lot of Albanians settled in south Romania in Ottoman times, one by one, and one by one assimilated. south Romania is very Balkanic (the only Balkanic region in Romania) and many Romanians there have Albanian, Greek and even Turkish and Tatar ancestry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians_of_Romania
Romania's national poet was born Mihail Eminovici (
Eminović, surname encountered only in Bosnia)
Romania's greatest playwright Ion Luca Caragiale dressed Albanian folk clothes and had Albanian ancestry (Karaxhale)
great medieval ruler Vasile Lupu (the Wolf), birth name Vasile Coci (Koçi) was of Albanian father and Moldavian mother
Romania's PM Victor Ponta also has recent Albanian roots (last century)
Romanian Albanians were into administration positions and small commerce so they were from the beginning a middle class and an urban population in south Romania